V CARE PROJECTS

Finance towards Treatment

Low Income Finance

Low income patients receive weekly funds for any immediate needs for medicine (Chemo, tablets, IVs), surgery, supportive care or prosthesis (to be fitted via surgery). Help ranging anywhere between Rs. 5000/- to Rs. 20,000/- is given depending on the need of the patient and their funds status at the Tata Hospital account.

Middle Income Finance. A ‘UNIQUE’ funding feature of V Care.

Here funds are given to patients who are taking treatment at Private hospitals and who fall under the middle income group. The help ranges anywhere between Rs. 20,000/- to Rs. 50,000/- (sometimes even more). Patients who are getting treated in Mumbai from any private hospitals, and also the private patients from Tata Memorial Hospital receive this help.

Special Finance

Doctors at Tata Memorial Hospital are given 10 slips each of V Care. The doctors can issue slips to their patients who have immediate and urgent need. Rs. 10,000/- is given against each slip.

Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)

The doctors refer those patients who are in between treatment. This a special projects where funds are given only for patients undergoing BMT. This is strictly via the doctor’s reference.

Germ Cell Tumor

The curative rate in Germ Cell Tumor is very high and if funds are given to the needy patients at the right time it helps them to survive the disease. Rs. 1,00,000/- is given in two parts to needy patients.

Nutritional Support

General Day Care Biscuits

Biscuits are given to patients at General Day Care. This helps in giving nutrition and an opportunity to talk to the patient.

Protein Powder @ H&N

Specially made protein powders are given to those patients who are on liquid diet.

Food Support at Nana Palkar Smruti Samiti and Accesslife Assistance

There are patient housing (dharamshalas) where outstation patients stay. V Care supports those dharamshalas with finances to help provide free food and milk. Some of the places are Nana Palkar Smruti Samiti and Accesslife Assistance Foundation.

Food Coupons

These are given to patients taking treatment at Tata Memorial Hospital. These can be used at the canteen run by Tata Hospital.

Child Care Support

Retinoblastoma

Is when cancer strikes the eye of young patients. The eye is removed and prosthesis is fitted. V Care takes on this expense of about Rs. 5000/- per child.

Infection Control Kit

Infection during cancer treatment is a big source of worry and concern. To control the infection an infection control kit is given to every child who gets admission in the hospital. In a month about 100 kits are given.

Ice Box

These are given to pediatric patient who need to keep their medicines at a cool temperature while waiting for their turns to meet the doctor.

Discharge gift

Each child who is discharged from the hospital gets a gift. A small token helps him/her feel positive and happy.

Information & Counselling Services

Literature

Printed literature in Hindi, English, Marathi and Gujarati on various cancers and emotional issues are given to patients and caregivers free of cost.

Counseling

Patients on treatment interact with the V Care volunteers who guide with regard to diet, chemo, radiation and various other emotional aspects that the patient wants to talk about.

Van Details

V Care has been donated cars for getting patients who stay at the patient housing

Palliative Support

Outstation

Patients on Palliative treatment are often asked to go to their home town so that they can be with their dear ones. Such patients are given financial help from V Care.

Home Care

Those patients from Mumbai who are on Palliative treatment are supported with Rs. 10,000/- monthly. This is given to them as long as they are alive.

Manokamna

Fulfilling the wish of patients who are above 18 years of age. This could be the one wish that patient would like to be fulfilled, like going to a pilgrimage or eating out or travelling.

Other Support

Bra & Prosthesis

Patients who have mastectomy (removal of breast) are asked by the doctors to wear prosthesis. This is provided by V Care.

Wigs

Wigs of real and synthetic hair are given to those patients who have lost hair during treatment. These are given free to patients who fall under the low income category.

Lymphedema Kits/Pressure Bandages

Antim Sanskar Seva (Last rites)

There are times when the family faces the trauma of loosing a dear one. These families are supported to complete the last rites of the patient.

Confidence Bags

Post-surgery people have to carry drainage bags which can become embarrassing at times. So V Care supports them with a bag wherein these bags can be put. This helps them to be more confident.

Pfizer Patient Assistance Program

Patient Assistance Program was started in 2008. We support patients with Sutent for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC), Crizalk for Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Inlyta is second line for mRCC and Palbace for Metastatic Breast Cancer. These are targeted therapies.

Boeringher Tobacco Study

Boehringer supports V Care in reaching out to the patients in Head & Neck and Thoracic departments.

Ummeed Helpdesk

It’s a toll free helpline where patients or their family call to inquire about accommodation, trust details for help, wigs, prosthesis etc.